"There have been positives to come out of the coalition but, on the tuition fees issue specifically, my constituents don't need reminding that where I have had a clash between what the party or the coalition have done and what Ceredigion needs I've been unable to support the government".
But it did not strike the proposed amendment down, a move that could have provoked a clash between the assertive judiciary and a representative body bent on reclaiming for itself powers that had been absorbed by past military dictators.
Many have viewed a clash between Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Cuomo as inevitable: the mayor, a billionaire and national figure who has entertained presidential aspirations, is one of the few people in the state who can seriously rival Mr. Cuomo for power and influence.
And there you have it: a clash between the worship of freedom of speech and a concern for the quality of public life in relation to which free speech may sometimes be asked to take a back seat.
If he had wanted the Affordable Care Act to cover hearing aids, or to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $7.75, that would not have defined a clash between the people and the establishment.
"We are thinking there has been a clash between the army and Suleiman, and the army wants us to raise our protests so they can take over," said Shady el-Ghazali Harb, a protest leader.
TRENTON — As lawmakers here try to hammer out the toughest state budget in decades, it has seemed a clash between political visions, pitting an unfeeling, program-slashing Republican governor against unthinking, tax-and-spend Democratic legislators.
But there has been a clash between a number of local residents and other protesters who feel that the City should keep to the west side of Bishopsgate and leave Spitalfields alone.
This effort has created a clash between competing economic and cultural interests.
The First Sino-Japanese War in 1894 95 influenced pre-dreadnought development, but this had been a clash between Chinese battleships and a Japanese fleet consisting of mostly cruisers.
